1. Are you planning to do more of the Evolutions Sets? If so, when? If not, why? They seemed to sell very well and were popular with both kids and collectors alike - we'd love to see more!

** In a movie year, Evolutions was a way for us to include figures with premium articulation in our line. This year, we're doing more of this style figure in the basic assortment, so we did not see the need for a separate line.

2. Are you planning any more of the Vintage/Premium Figures? If so, when?

** Not in 2006, but we're looking at the potential for another wave for 2007.

3. What are the chances of one more Animated Clone Wars Wave (or box set)? We still need to get C-3PO, R2-D2, Padme (Ilum Snow Gear), and Darth Sidious to round out our sets!

** Characters in Clone Wars are great - and we're looking at ways of getting more of them in the line for 2007. However any we do will be in "realistic" styling rather than animated. We’ve done some polling with fans, and overall the realistic style is preferred.

Nice to see a few answers, thanks for posting Jeff. I don't expect any "ground breaking" announcements or answers through this Q and A, but its better than nothing. Curious that there aren't any more "vintage figures" planned for 2006, I wonder if the rumored VTSC2 wave is on hold until next year - or maybe Hasbro's just being sneaky .

Edit - Just thinking about this a little more, and depending on the shipping times for the Endor/Naboo stuff, you would almost have to think there is something else in store as far as basic figures for this year. Although I haven't seen them here yet, the Tatooine wave is becoming more visible the way it sounds, leaving just two more waves of figures announced. Also, with Hasbro saying that the Naboo/Endor hybrid wave is the "last for the Saga Collection in 2006", coupled with the Q and A response saying that there isn't any more VTSC for 2006 - the later half of the year seems a little light on the figures. Especially considering all the vehicles that are likely coming in the fall/later:

That's a lot of vehicles off the top of my head, and a lot of them are larger vehicles - seems strange not to have any figures on the shelves alongside them (aside from Heroes and Villains repacks). Maybe the rumors of OTC2 are true, or something else entirely. I was really looking forward to that rumored wave of VTSC2, hopefully we'll still see those this year.

- Hasbro understands that beast/creature assortments are desirable, but at this time it appears that new vehicle assortments are in higher demand. Vehicles will play an integral part in future line releases.

- With regards to case ratios, Hasbro is constantly updating them to the needs of our total audience - both kids and collectors. In other words, you're stuck with what they give you.

Thanks for pulling these all together in this thread Jeff, that really makes things convenient. It looks like many of the sites are asking the same types of questions, but its nice to get some information - new or not - about the line and its future. The beast assortment is something I've often wondered about too - things like the Rancor, Bantha, Dewback, Ronto, etc. haven't been around in a long time - not to mention "smaller" ones like the Taun Tauns. I know I'd buy a repacked Bantha if they put it out there .

It would be nice if there was some sort of centralized location to keep track of all the different questions and "answers," to avoid as much repetition as possible. Ideally, it would be Hasbro's own site, but I guess they're trying to support all of the different sites or something. (Why are they doing this, anyway? For a company that's barely given the internet fans the time of day over the years, it sure seems like a lot of trouble for them to go to. Not that I'm complaining, really--just think it's odd, given their history. I'll enjoy it while it lasts, 'cause it probably won't last for long.)

Anyway, I know there won't be a lot of repetition around here, 'cause we're good like that, but that's not gonna stop some lazy jerkoff at Dumbtroopers.com or wherever from sending in a bunch of questions that the other sites asked weeks ago. . .

"In a movie year, Evolutions was a way for us to include figures with premium articulation in our line. This year, we're doing more of this style figure in the basic assortment, so we did not see the need for a separate line"

Huh? The basic ROTS figure had more articulation than a basic TSC figure. Just goes to show that either they don't know what they're talking about, or they just don't get it...